Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 112%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	386% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 13:32
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 181 2-Core 354 113% 210 Pts	4-Core 694 8-Core 1,337 121% 1,016 Pts	64-Core 2,868 178% 2,868 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2415 MHz, MLim: 3749 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.98 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$76 8,064 User benchmarks, average bench 328% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: P7CR402 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3139 1854 754 702 713 712 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 4,038 Write 2659 Mixed 2,412 SusWrite 1,312 579% 2,605 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 86.7 287% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,379 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1,206 914% 1,233 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 463%
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 521GB free Firmware: 614600WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 4397 4449 4458 3349 1280 1336 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	538% Outstanding	Read 4,014 Write 4,061 Mixed 3,269 SusWrite 3,211 819% 3,639 MB/s	4K Read 78.5 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 103 374% 138 MB/s	DQ Read 1,595 DQ Write 1,399 DQ Mixed 1,496 1,122% 1,497 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 538% Great: 573%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2Z3600C14 2x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	135% Outstanding	MC Read 61.9 MC Write 47.7 MC Mixed 41.9 144% 50.5 GB/s	SC Read 32 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 39.2 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 137%

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Gaming 207%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 248%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	1,582x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,495x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,280Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	667x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	730x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	425x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	211x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	172x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	108x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 116%, 1,706 samples	71x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16